James Corcoran

James Corcoran (1770-11 February 1804) was a leader of the United Irishmen who led a band of revolutionaries in a guerrilla war against the British until his death in 1804.

Biography
James Corcoran was born in 1770, and he took part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 before leading a band of United Irishmen rebels into the Killaughrim Woods of County Wexford and continuing the anti-British resistance. He launched raids into the area and into County Carlow, and, in August 1801, 200 British Army troops were sent to destroy Corcoran's band. Following the defeat of Robert Emmet's rising in 1803, the British launched a new campaign to crush Corcoran. On 11 February 1804, Corcoran and his entire band were killed or captured when the yeomen ambushed his men in the Killaughrim Woods, ending the United Irishmen's resistance.